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>> good evening everyone. welcome to al jazeera america i'm joie che john siegenthaler w york. >> iran nuclear talks. the secretary of state says no deal. >> battered by the storm. people in parts of the philippines are trying to add up the damage to win o one of the t powerful typhoons on record. >> you can't show you are hurt, you can't show you are in pain. that is what i mean by the culture of the n.f.l. >> what is taoue what we have to change. >> the mentality that led to the league's bullying scandal.
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>> why some people are fighting a famous artist's plan to cover miles of america's rivers with giant sheets. ♪ >> after 30 years of anger mistrust and fear the u.s. and iran are talking. the subjects are iran's nuclear program and the suffocating sanctions imposed by the west. secretary of state john kerry flew in from agai genova to talo them directly. we start our coverage with diplomatic editor james bayes. smiles from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry, but still no deal. optimistic mr. kerry. >> a u upa thumbs up. >> john kerry with his counterparts fro dramatically
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changed their plans to fly here to personally take charge of the goenegotiations with the irania. i want to emphasize there is not an agreement at this point in time. but the p five is working hard and i look forward to the meetings i will be having very shortly. >> no one is giving a running commentary on the progress of the talks. but the iranians have said even though a deal is close there are difficult sticking points. >> we have now entered the difficult and sensitive phase of editing the texts if the agreement is reached soon. given the sensitivity of ha thee discussions we see that the ministers are eager to participate. they can't stay in geneva for
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days on end. if tha happens there that happey that will try to kill an agreement before it's even signed. >> and the talks continue tomorrow as they come down to the wire. i spoke to the national securitie adviser to president carter during the iranian revolution. and i asked him if the u.s. should and could broker a deal oveoff iran's nuclear program. >> i believe there is something happening. it's not a myth or a fiction. there has been some indirect dialogue we didn't th between td iran. it's very unprecedented considering the shape of the last two decade. decades chbl i think i think the iranians are tired and suffering from sanctions.
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>> we know if there is a major explosion in the region we may be bogged down for the larger regional war as long as iraq and afghanistan have been battlefields for us. we do have legitimate interests. i can't categoric predict we will. but i think there is a real chance. >> our friend like vea israel sy you can't trust the iranians and don't trust what they say. and they have lied before in the past. >> of course it's a question of how unusual is lying in interstate relations. a lot of people lie. we have been accused of lying. what are we supposed to infer from that? unless the israelis say we are for peace we should. >> gshouldgo for war? i think if we could avoid a wasr
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we should do it. to the influence of the region. >> you can watch our full interview on sunday at se 10:30 eastern and 7:330 pacific time. >> we have more on the issue that is driving the talks. iran's nuclear program. >> talks to end the lock lon loo of iran's nuclear program will go into a third day. there are five sites where iran is believed to be enriching and converting uranium and one facility that some suspect that iran is conducting nuclear research. that is what prompted the sanctions against the company. the sanctions are to are 18 companies like oil productions and banking and insurance. and the exper export assistance.
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the iranian people their wages and saving is suffering and the economy has suffered in resent years. they hope at the end of the sanction also bring jock jobs ad international isolation. the hard liners are used to bowing to prosperit pressure. >> the u.s. wants us to be a member of the word in which it designed. we don't accept it. if our ties are to be normal the u.s. should change the interactions with iran. i don't think we are at a point where the government will accept a equal relationship. relationship. >> i rairan considers russia mot reaccept at thireceptive to then geneva. >> before leaving for geneva
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john kerry met with benjamin netanyahu. >> it's a dangerous deal. president obama called ne netanu to provide updates on the talks. he under scored list commitment to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. >> now to the philippines. communications are down across the country. tearing homes and buildings apart. flooding rains and high tide covered roads and low-lying areas making the situation works. four people are dead and hundredses of thousands were evacuated from their homes. the communications issue is making it difficult to determine the full extent of casualties and damage. moments ago i talked to eve leonard of the national dead race o --fed
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federation of the red cross. >> the storm made land fall at 11:00 a.m. and departed at 2:00 p.m. >> it's quit quite a established city. the damage is not that significant. i can see a lot of buildings are damaged and a lot of the infrastructure is down and the phone lines and we are here waiting to deploy to some of the most affected areas. so i'm here supporting the philippines red cross to carry out a detailed a assessment looking after the areas for shelter and health and livelihood and food needs of the affected populations in areas that were hardest hit. >> what are you hearing about the damage in the hardest hit areas? >> we are expecting a really high impact from this really significant storm. what we are looking at and i'm a
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specialist we are looking at significant damage in rural areas for low quality housing. >> especially in low-lying areas where flooding would have had a significant impact. >> you were already dealing with the earthquake, right. >> >> that is right. i was here since 16 of okay. >> and people were in tents. what happened to them? >> we were hoping that some of those people were an able to fid shelter in some of the less damaged housing. that is what i'm hearing from there the storm didn't have a make impact. from bohol the track hit the northern tip, but i'm hearing that the huma humanitarn actions are stepping up their aid. >> you had the earthquake and then the typhoon on top of it. they really weren't prepared for this, were they?
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>> the philippine government has been quite prepared. there has been a significant amount of emergency evacuations and the communications in terms of preparing has been extremely good. >> so from that side, we have been quite prepared for this. but again, the humanitarian response needs to scale up now as it's a significant disaster in very hard to reach areas in this central areas of the philippines. >> that is eve leonard from the international fed race of the fe road cross. kevin corriveau joins us now what is going on with the typhoon at this point. >> the storm is now over the south china sea. 24 hours ago this is what it like beinlooked like when it mae landfalled to is saturday in the philippines. we are looking at a better picture in what they are seeing now.
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>> clear skies and showers over the next 24 to 48 hours and nothing like what they saw. >> they are going to be clearing out. what we are watching now is where this storm is going. and that is do vietnam. we are going to watch the track on saturday and see what is happening and see how they put the storm together. what they think basically is on sunday monk a morning at 8:00 we looking at the storm on the central coast of the vietnam and really riding up the coast. by the time it really goes inland that is where most of the rain is going to be a problem. 10 to 1 12-inches of rain here n the northern reaches of vietnam also affecting laos as well and southern parts of chai china wie the rain. it could be a category two or sm by the time it hits. >> sweeping changes of the healthcare coverage under the
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affordable care acted. acted -- acted. acted -- act and the law will bring co-pays for mental illness and addiction with care. >> that incredibly important law combined with the affordable care act will expand behavioral health benefits for 62 million americans. this is the largest expansion of a behavioral health for generations. >> the team that is leading the effort to fix the site says the team is finding new glitches as they fix it. >> that kept the president on defensive as he was in nbc new w orleans today. we have a problem with the website we are working over time to make sure it's fixed we put together a market place where
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people can get affordable healthcare plans. nobody has been more frustrated and i wanted to go in and fix it myself, but i don't write codes. >> with the louisiana governor in the audience. >> it was another record setting day for stocks today. >> for the second time this week the dow jones industrial average closed at and all time high finishing the week at 15,761 a better than expected jobs report fueled the buying today this is the fifth winning week in a row for the blue chip average. >> policeconomists expected businesses to slow down hiring because of the resent government shutdown. instead the employers added 204,000 jobs. it did push the unemployment
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rate higher to 7.3%. the percentage of working age people participating in the labor force fell to 62%. >> the 16 day government shutdown was expected to dent an already weak job market. but the latest numbers showed that the u.s. businesses stuck to their hiring plans. >> employers added 204000 j 204s in october. blowing away estimates. the unemployment rate edged up slightly to 7.3%, but more worrying the number of people participating in the labor force feel signaling discouragement. >> the best way is to grow the economy. that is why the president keeps talking about investing in our road infrastructure and invest
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passing immigration reform. because we'll get more people back in the work force. the job market is suffering from the big issues that have playing it iplaguedit in the last years. >> the employment situation in the united states is lackluster. we have a situation for most of this year we saw a enormous creation of very low wage jobs. more than 50% of new jobs created have come from three of the lowest paid groups. retail, administration and whose bhospitality. >> if americans had mor more ine spending would take care of itself. we don't. we have record numbers of the employment and unemployment. and that is a huge problem. if you are taking homeless you are not going to put more under the tree.
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>> analyst say this could be a less than merry christmas saying this could be the worst shopping season in five years. >> and coming up on our program. real money's ali veshi sits don with the minister of labor to talk about how to get more people in the work store force d whether raising the country's minimum wage is a good idea. >> plus. >> the card is right in front of me. >> the the heart transplant improved. we'll explain in our techno report also tonight. >> going down to arkansas that is spectacular to experience it from inner space. >> visionary or environmental nightmare. see what one artist hopes to string across a colorado river. ♪
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19-year-old black woman. she was shot on saturday. a home owner killed her after she knocked on his door for help. sheashe had been in a car crash. >> deedearborn police are not saying much right now. this is what we know. iis19-year-old was involved in a one car accident at 1:340 i:30 e morning. and show had an issue with her cell phone and decided to look for help. she went to a nearby neighborhood and began knocking on doors. and that is when a man shot mcbride in the face killing her on his front porch. there are some members of the mcbride's family who says it's a case of racial profiling. >> the soote shooter thought tht mcpride wamcpride wasmcbride w k into his home and his gun
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discharged. this case has gotten a lot of national attention. there have been protests and rallies. >> today mcbride was laid to rest and some of her relatives addressed the media calling for justice. >> there is nothing more to say. >> i want justice for my niece. he nod needs to be locked up. he took aliv took a life my kne. >> relatives describe mcbride as a bright young woman who had just recently graduated from high school and accepted a position with ford motor condition. investigators are in dearborn heights and they submitted the the case to the wayne county prosecutors office, but the prosecutor asked them to dig more before they will proceed
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with charges. >> you are about to see is being that usually only cardiac surgeons get to see. a human heart beating. we go inside of a trial program that could revolutionize the way doctors do heart transplants in our weekly techno report. >> when it comes to heart transplants it's always a race against time. >> we have seen it on tv. when a donor heart becomes available pedestrian cal medicat move quickly the organ is removed and placed in ice. the heart must arrive at the recipients hospital within six hours that is because over time the ice gradually damages the heart making it unfit for transplant. a new medical device keeps them warm and beating during transport. this could be a major break through in transplant history.
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>> it's the organ care system it coulcould double the time the ht can remain outside of the body. >> be this is the amazing thing i have seen. there is a heart beating in front of me. ocan feel the sven vessel. >> wow it's warm. it's warm and beating and functioning like it's in your body. >> and joining us now is techno contributor. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> we saw a heart beating, but it's not a human heart. >> they practice with a pig heart. it's about the same size. >> how many of these machines are there in the country or in the world. there are quite a few they are working with in the u.s. >> right. but there are more in europe they have been approved there longer. in europe it's saving quite a few lives. >> what does this do and how does it change the way
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transplants take place in this country. >> as you a saw, it's amazing that for 50 years heart transplants were put on ice. now what they can do is keep it in this box. and warm. >> and i got to touch this beating heart. and it keeps the heart warm forr a longer period of time a donor heart that could go from miami to houston now can go from miami to los angeles and that could save some lives. >> is it just hearts or can they do other organs as well. >> yes. right now they are using it with lungs and the liver. they are trying to hit all of the major organs. each one is quite different. the heart is different from the lungs. the way they see the icu in the future. it's not going to be a room to if yofullof patients it's goinga room full of or gangs.
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gangs -- organs. >> will they have blood with it. >> yes. you need the donor blood with t. what do they cost? i'm sure they are expensive. >> they used to carry around coolers with ice. >> i believe it's around $100,000, but i will say, what is the cost of the life. >> . >> it needs a power source and iruns on batteries. >> it's a one time use and once they become commercially available the price will go down. >> what is it like to touch a beating pig's heart. >> it was amazing. one thing that stood out i'm touching the life force of an animal that is attached to a machine. it's the juxtaposition of technology and something warm and beating in my hands. >> again repeat the hours. in the old days it used to be how long? >> in the old days it was four to ten hours.
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>> and now? >> it's une upped it by anothero 10 hours. >> so this will save lives. >> absolutely. >> what do doctors say about it? >> doctors are amazed and sometimes the doctors think it's too good to be true. they are training a lot of doctors at that place where i was working with the pig hearts. and they wan want to get it in s production. >> you said you shot this in boston a. >> yes and they are using the nothing and and over masover mas where they are working on it. >> thanks. you can watch dec techno every saturday on al jazeera america. >> and michael eaves joins us with sports. what is the latest, michael.
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>> more news from the miami dolphins hazing scandal. ritchie incognito flew to los angeles where martin has been staying since he left the team last week when asked if he was there to meet martin he declined to answers. he was there to meet with an attorney who is investigating martin's allegationings. >> the denver broncos coach fox left the hospital today. he will rest at his home in charlotte. there is no timetable for his return. >> in the nba city stev steve d under went a o operation today o put in two stints in his heart. >> coming up later more
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interesting perspective on the dolphin's hazing scandal from a current player in the n.f.l. >> that story still continues. >> up next. day two for quitte twitter on wl street. find out how the social media site faired. >> an experimental currency in massachusetts is growing in popularity and now it could be going desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you.
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>> welcome to al jazeera america and i'm john siegenthaler here are the top stories. >> i want to emphasize that there is not an agreement at the present time, but the p five is working hard. >> secretary of state john kerry is in geneva with world leaders bjorkinworking on a nuclear pro. >> reuters is reporting 100 people are dead as a result of the super typhoon haiyan. it's being called one of the strongest storms ever recorded.
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it appears to be headed toward vietnam now. and a big economic number that caugh caught imof many man. >> anaan as real money's ali vei points out the employment figure is mixed. >> more jobs were created in october. >> but more americans dropped out of the work force. the so-called labor force participation rate. >> the number of people working age that are working or looking for work dropped to 6 62.8%. i asked labor secretary tomorrow athomas perez why america continues to see the drop. >> given the effects of the shutdown the highest one monday increase in the number of people
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who are out of work temporarily since they began to keep data in 1967. what we also have to be mindful of is as the population ages labor force participation evolves with that. the best remedy is to grow the economy. that is why the president keeps talking about investing in our road infrastructure and investing in our capital infrastructure and passing immigration ra reform because ae create those jobs we'll get more people back in the work force. that is why these self inflicted wounds are sto so frustrating. >> wove nowe have not kept up wh inflation. we have a minimum wage that does not suggest we are one of the wealthiest countries in the world. business leaders and employers say if you mandate a higher
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minutminimum wage you will cruse ability to create new jobs. how do you square that circle? >> i have spoken to many business leaders that recognize that the increase in the minimum wage is not a morale imperative, it's an economic imperative. >> when you raise people's wages you put more money in their pocket. they spend more and buy more goods. businesses have to make and sell more goods and the economy grows. >> henry ford understood that in 1915 m1915 when he raised the ss of his employees when he said they should be able to afford the cars though make. >> eadvocates say a minimum wage of $10.10 will take a big chunk out of many people living in poverty. >> you can catch ali veshi on "real money" at 7:00 prime ministe:00 p.m. ooerchtime.
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eastern time. >> twitter stocks closed down more than 70%. we saw shares climb before the $50 mark. today traders were not as enthusiastic knocking it down a few pegs to $41.64. all of this week al jazeera is focusing on the innovative ways that americans have been succeeding in tough economic times we call them champions of the economy. some americans are trying to buck the dollar by making their own money. as johnathan betz reports it's an idea that is gaining international attention. the berkshires of new england is a place where the off beat is away of life. home to a workshop that makes thousands of ukuleles a year and the money of choice is not a
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dollar. it's something different. phyllis pr prefers that her customers use berkshares instead of the green back. >> we started to develop a relationship. >> launched in 2006 it's a local currency for the berkshire region of the massachusetts. >> it was away to strengthen the local economy and to protect businesses from their chain stores. >> when you have berkshares you may not choose to go to mcdonald, but a local restaurant. alice's job is to convince customers to embrace berkshares. we have local artwork on the back. >> one hundred forty thousand bills are in circulation. and five banks exchange them and 400 businesses accept them across rural towns.
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>> there are excavators and dentist and lawyers and accountants. there is actually a discount built in the exchange rate. so $20 gets you 20 berkshares an an extra dollar. it's a 5% discount, but it can't hurt businesses when they convert them back into dollars i can't pay the electric company with berkshares and it's undeniable that the merchants take the 5% hit. but we are happy to do it. in amsterdam a non-profit has a half million dollar grant for berkshare loans. >> the formal banking 18 is notinwilling to support these in small and medium sized enterprises. by introducing the berkshares it's an important step.
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>> for now phyllis finds berkshares a good way to connect with neighbors. >> i fel tell you it means a loo me to buy local. i have taken it an extra step. >> the government may face a 37 million-dollar lawsuit over the shoot being rampage at the navy yard. the shootin family of the shootg victim has taken the first step and filed the case. >> the department of veterans as affairs hasignored the warnings of his mental health. >> now police say mohammad
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organized a crossing for more than 500 m 500 migrants and 365e died when the overloaded boat cap advertised ocapsized on it'. among the charges he faces kid faces kidnapping and sexual assault and human trafficking. >> he would know yowe know you g to ali about the economic numbers. tonight we are going to start a inassessmenindepartmentin-depth. >> we have a staggering stat more than half of all americans will spend a year of their lives if abover i poverty or teeterine edge it. we have a mother raising three kids commuting two hours to get
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to work. still not making enough to do without food stamps. she is doing what she can to work and live within her means and yet it's a daily struggle for her. what that tells us about her life and the other america. explains some of the anger behind the rising voice of protest. that is the nation's biggest retailer. we'll hear more about the wal-mart wage war. that is all ahead on next tonight. >> we'll see you then. with medical marijuana legal in 20 states the legitimate pot market is growing. and evidence is clooer fro cleae second annual medical marijuana business expo at that took part this week in washington state. >> throw a marijuana business and expo a and they will come. 700 attendees here. >> no smoking here this is serious business. >> these people are coming from
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all walks of life and take advantage of that. >> you didn't have any trouble selling out this conference. >> none whatsoever. there is colorful packaging and seed to sale tracking software and liquid gold ex-interested ee technology of the future. >> it heats up the oil and enough to inhale and take a nights hit. nice hit. it's a $65,000 hue unit. unit. >> fritz can't keep up with demand. >> the super critical fluid extraction business is good. >> it's good. >> you can talk to insurers and bankers who are willing to bet
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on the future of marijuana. you can learn how to grow your own and check out the best. >> we serve a market of discrete too light to medicate for whatever reason whether it be physical pain. >> with sparkling pomegranate soda. >> absolutely. it's one of our best selling products. >> the air tight and water tight and crush proof and pi piratesy protectable your ban jars in serve sizes. >> they are trying to pioneer the ultimate secure stash. where we can hold two popcorn seeds or 3 32 ounces of liquid r powder or fluff. turn the key and turn the cap and you are into it. it's child resis resistent for e under 21. the buzz here is all about business or mostly. >> they get you wonderful high.
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>> next year the show plays vo gas with 2000 expected to attend. one world trade center stand above new york's skyline. there ithere is a live picture t now. >> the newly constructed sky scraper is listed as the tallest building in america. now a group of chicago architects will debate the claim. a group of 30 architects will decide whether the one world trade center is in fact taller than chicago's willis tower which stands 1450 tall. the issue you is whether the spire should count toward it's height. the decision is due next week. >> still ahead, an artist's mission to drape miles of river in cloth. creative or crazy or costly to the environment? we'll take a look next. >> and in sports, the n.f.l.
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investigates the miami dolphins hazing scandal. the alleged bully ritchie incould go knoincognito has lef. determining using some sort of subjective interpretation of their policy as to whether or not your particular report was actually abusive, because if it doesn't contain language that specifically threatens you directly or is targeted towards you specifically, they may not consider it abuse.
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they may consider it offensive. and in that case they just recommend that you block that person. >> i don't want to minimise this, because i mean, there's some really horrible things that are on line, and it's not - it's not just twitter, what has happened through social media and the anonymity of the net is that you see websites, hate-filled websites targetting all sorts of groups, popping up. there has been a huge number of those that exist as well. this is the 900-page document we call obamacare. it could change costs, coverage, and pretty much all of healthcare in america. my show sorts this all out. in fact, my staff has read the entire thing. which is probably more than what most members of congress can claim.
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we'll separate politics from policy, and just prescribe the facts. >> it looks like some people are dusting off their turn tableses. vinyl record sales have doubled this year reaching 670 600,000. records have a vintage cool appeal thanks to indie markets it's ten times what it was ten
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years ago. >> cristo is facing legal battles over a new pr project. to drape miles of cloth over a colorado river. >> it's called over the river and this is the river. the a. sa arkansas in south col. what cristo wants to do is suspend clo cloth over eight mis of river. his drawing will show how the sun light will fil filter throuh the fabric. >> you have 300,000 rafters in the summertime. that is spectacular too experience it from inner space. >> under the fabric reflecting
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the water. cristo and his team has been working on "over the rink riverr 20 years. >> chris stocristo is raising te $50 million it costs by selling hundreds of his preparatory works. he and his wife have became famous for their ou out landish project. all of these projects have a journey and there are thousands of people trying to stop us an thousands of people trying to help us. an ope-and-even in some way thee willing to the projects. cristo say he and jean claude
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traveled all over the rockies and scouting many rivers before deciding this river was per pert for the project. >> it's on the scale of a mining operation. >> ellen is the vice president of roar. which is rags over the arkansas river. the work to install the anchors and the cable and the fabric will damage the landscape. >> it's a major construction project in an area of critical environmental concern. >> cristo's team say they will minimize the damage. others support the project. >> i think it will create a lot of attention for this part of the colorado. and it will do a lot to put this area of the state on the map. >> assuming that cristo wins the final round of legal wrangling, work will begin next summer.
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>> construction will take two years when it's completed the work will be up for two weeks. cristo is famous for out maneuvering his opponents. but at 80 years old it could be one of his last works of his long ca carry career. >> michael is back with sports. >> i wondered when this came out what kind of legs it would have. >> it just drips, drips, drips. >> it picks up more speed. johnathan martin will meet next week with the n.f.l.'s apointe d investigator. the meeting will take place near martin's home in los angeles in the latter part of the woke and martin is looking forward to
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reveal the details of the harassment. martin had been subject to several months of harassment by incognito. far continumairchmartin is undet fortress. fofor stress.a culture that res wide receiver brendan marshal pay have provided the best explanation. >> take a little boy and a little girl. a little boy falls down and the first thing we say as parents get up, shake it off you will be okay. don't cry. we a little girl falls down, what do we say. it's going to be okay. we validate their feelings.
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from that we teach the boys to mask their emotions. it's that times 100 for football players. >> you can't show you are hurt or your pain. if a guy comes into the locker room and shows a littleviller in little vulnerability that is a problem. what is going on in miami goes on in every locker room. but it's time for us to start talking maybe have some group sessions on what is going o on e field. >> you see this kid has been harboring the feelings for the past two years and now he is at a boiling point i has t he has k out. it's good that it didn't escalate to is being mor morer s
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o'e --more serious. perhaps we can do some group thetherapy or some other inknowe things out there. >> martin's attorney issued a following statement today. >> johnathan endured harassment that went far beyond the locker room hazing. >> for the year and a half he attempted to befriend the same teammate who subjected him with abuse. despite the efforts the taunting continued beyond the well publy publicize the voice mail he had an attack on him by a teammate and daily vulgar comments. i asked what martin's attorney was trying to establish with this statement. >> there has been an effort to shift the victim's status to incognito. and he wants to ensure that his
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client remains the perceived victim in all of this at least until all of the facts come out. and he also wants to make this about more than bullying and hazing to begin to clarify that these facts go as he says in the statement,on wha,on, beyond whak of astr as traditional hazing or bulllying. things we can't say here on national television. threats to kill, threats to commit fel fell felon jusous se. >> what other legal alternatives could martin's attorney look at. >> making death threats is a criminal act.
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claiming you are going to commit felonous sexual assault on someone's sister, a woman is a criminal being a. thes act. and these are serious allegations. >> martin claims he has the facts, the actual text mess mess and voice mail messages to back it up. >> can you really make a comparison what happens in a locker room to a normal work place. where an allegation in an accounting firm you can go to the law, but in a locker room you are not going to the cops about this. >> i hear what you are saying. what goes on in a lock other los banter and hazing and you might call it bullying. you are not supposed to go to your coach. you are not supposed to go to the press or to the cops. it's not a locker room, it's not a law firm. it's not a law school or sore
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sorority. >> it did get to mar martin ando much so he is seeking counselling. the status of the victim is what matters not the work place it self. >> john that is the dynamic that a ploa lot of people have probls understanding. as athletes this is how we get it dob done. >> clearly this is headed down a legal channel. >> it absolutely looks that way. >> this could mean big changes in the n.f.l. correct. >> we have been talking about concuconcussions all year. right. >> if this gets to the point a lalawsuit gets filed you will se drastic changes.
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>> we have one more story about the olympics. moscow is taking a creative approach to promote the 2014 olympic games. look at this the russian olympic committee installed a subway station machine giving away free metro ticket. tickets. there is a catch. you have to do 30 sexual assaults befor30 squats beforey. they want to bring healthy living into your daily lives. >> i would live to see that in new york. would there be a line-up for the subway? timi'm is not sure. kevin has the weather next
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i'm phill torez. coming up this week on techknow.
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time before the show is ending and show you what is happening with our typhoon. it did make it's way across the philippines. all right we are seeing the feeder bands affecting vietnam. that is going to be the second destination. it's going to start to redevelop a little bit, but nothing like
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we saw as it was here in the pacific. on sunday morning we do expect to see a pla land landfall here. as it goes a little more toward the north west. ito1 to 1 12-inches of rain. we are seeing wintery weather. and look at the satellite and radar. you see a little bit of the thek anpinkand the blues of the alb s seeing 38°. and tomorrow morning the temperaturessintemperatures aree cool. albany will be well below freezing at 28 and montreal at 28 as well. that is not the coldest of bother goinweare going to be seg
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temperatures reaching down to 35° and tuesday before it starts to get rainy and he would go towards wednesday. here across the north central area we are seeing rain and snow and especially for parts of minnesota. and for chicago the temperatures are dropping as well. how about a low of 26° and on tuesday we expect to see a low of 23°. here across the northwest and british columbia in the higher elevations. >> snow is going to be the major factor there. snow in seattle is 52° and spokane 41°. we are going to see rainy conditions especially for the rest of the weekend sunday the heaviest rain and 51°. and monday and tuesday a nice day the 55°:that is a look at your national weather. your headlines with john is coming up right now.
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>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. here are the top stories. secretary of state john kerry is reaching a major push, and uncertainty in congress, iran's deputy foreign minister is describing the meeting in geneva as productive. talks will continue tomorrow. the dow set another record today. [ bell ] >> for the second time this week the symptom index closed higher than before, 15,761. blue chips gained for a second straightee

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